Serial com for Bluetooth? Virtual com port

Hi there,
after the huge success of my last question (database sorting), I have another one which I don't expect to see any answers:

Does anybody know if PocketC can handle virtual com ports com7 and com8?
I'd like to read serial data (9600 bps) from a bluetooth GPS via SPP and read it into PocketC.

Best Regards,
Alf

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 2:43 pm

by Brendan Donovan

Hi Alf,

Don't know if this is still of interest to you, but I have used PocketC to communicate with a serial bluetooth device on the virtual com ports.

There were two main issues in getting it to work.(I assume you are using an iPAQ based on your reference to com7 and

1) After connecting to the bluetooth device in bluetooth manager, you actually need to send and receive on com8 despite what the iPAQ documentation says about sending on one and receiving on the other.